Source

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Source may refer to:

Research

• Source text, in research (especially in the humanities), a source of information referred to by citation
  • Primary source, firsthand written evidence of history made at the time of the event by someone who was present
  • Secondary source, written accounts of history based upon the evidence from primary sources
  • Tertiary source, compilations based upon primary and secondary sources
• Journalism sourcing, a person, publication or other record or document that gives information
  • Sources (website), directory of expert contacts and media spokespersons
• Source (International Information Support Centre), an international information support centre and digital library

Science

• Source theory, in information theory, any process that generates successive messages can be considered a source of information
• Inflow (hydrology), the source of the water in a lake
• Source (hydrology), the original point from which a river or stream flows
• Source rocks, rocks that have generated, or are capable of generating hydrocarbons
• A point where the divergence of a vector field is positive
• Source of a representation in finite group theory

Technology

• Communication source
• Current source, an electrical or electronic device that delivers or absorbs electric current
• Energy sources, substances or processes with high concentrations of energy
• Ion source, a device that produces ions for mass spectrometry
• Light source, an object emitting light
• Source file, a file containing code written in a programming language
• Open source, a philosophy of dissemination of intellectual products
• Point source, a natural or anthropogenic discharge location producing unwanted materials into the environment
• A SCSI endpoint
• Sound source, an object emitting sound
• Source code for software
• Source (game engine), a proprietary game engine developed by Valve Software for Half-Life 2
• Source, a terminal in a field-effect transistor
• The Source (online service), an online service provider founded in 1979
• Voltage source, any device or system that produces an electromotive force between its terminals
• source (command), a UNIX command to execute commands from a file

Art and entertainment

• The Source, a religion in Planescape universe
• The Source (sculpture), an electronic moving sculpture at the London Stock Exchange
• The Source (Ingres), a painting by Ingres

Literature

• Source (comics), a sentient entity who provides advice to the New Gods in the DC Multiverse
• Source (magazine), a bi-monthly magazine published by the John Lewis Partnership
• Source (photography magazine), a quarterly photography magazine
• The Source (magazine), a magazine of hip-hop music and culture
• The Source (novel), a 1965 novel by James A. Michener
• Wikisource

Film, radio, and television

• The Source (1999 film), a 1999 documentary film about the Beat generation
• The Source (2002 film), a 2002 science fiction film, also known as The Secret Craft in the UK and The Surge for its American DVD release
• The Source (2011 film), a 2011 French film
• Highlander: The Source, the fifth film in the Highlander franchise
• The Source (network), a radio network operated in the 1970s and 1980s by NBC
• WVUR-FM, "The Source", Valparaiso University's student-run radio station
• The Source (Charmed), a fictional character on the WB television series Charmed
• The Source, a character in the 1978 US television sitcom Quark

Games

• Counter-Strike: Source, a 2004 complete remake of Counter-Strike using Source (game engine).
• Source (game engine), a game engine developed by Valve Corporation

Music

• The Source, a series of volumes by Graham Kendrick that are compilations of Christian church music
• The Source (Grandmaster Flash album), 1986
• The Source (Ali Farka Touré album), 1993
• Source (album), an album by The Duskfall
• The Source (musician), the production identity of UK electronic music record producer John Truelove
• "The Source", a song by Built to Spill from their 1994 album There's Nothing Wrong with Love

Law

• Sources of international law, the materials and processes out of which the rules and principles regulating the international community are developed
• Sources of law, the materials and processes out of which law is developed

Organizations

• The Source (retailer), a Canadian electronics store
• Source (UNSW), a community service provider that used to operate at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia
• Source Family (1922–1975), a commune outside of 1970's Hollywood
• Source UK Services, provider of exchange-traded products in Europe

Other

• Operation Source

See also

• All pages beginning with "Source"
• All pages with titles containing "Source"
• Begin (disambiguation)
• Start (disambiguation)
• Origin (disambiguation)
• Mouth (disambiguation)
• Sauce (disambiguation)
• Solar Radiation and Climate Experiment (SORCE), a NASA-sponsored satellite mission